78 Best Father and Son Quotes to Explain Your Unique Bond
Create the perfect caption (especially on Father's Day) with one of these short, sweet and funny sayings.
The bond between a father and son is like no other. After all, you probably share a lot of common interests (watching sports, collecting cars or even coming up with corny dad jokes). But we all know that the true spark in your relationship is entered around the little things, like the numerous DIY Father’s Day gifts you made that he’s kept over the years, or when he taught you how to shave for the first time.
And just how those sentimental moments affirm the love he has for you, you can do the same by sharing some all too relatable father and son quotes with him this Father’s Day or any day of the year for that matter. Even if your relationship is a bit more complicated, or you have an amazing step-dad who has been the central father figure for most of your life, these short phrases, funny words and touching messages honor every kind of relationship. You may even find some that will inspire you to fill a Father’s Day card with your own words or pen the perfect caption to go with your Instagram recap of the day.
Now all that's left to do is share a mother-son quote with your mom when it's time, or tell your sister about these sweet father-daughter sayings.
Lydia M. Child
“Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.”
Wayne Rooney
“Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.”
Wade Boggs
“Anyone can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad because you are so special to me. You taught me the game, and you taught me how to play it right.”
Unknown
“The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family.”
Unknown
“Good fathers make good sons.”
Unknown
“Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold.”
Unknown
“Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.”
Unknown
“I will always need my son, no matter what age I am. My son has made me laugh, made me proud, made me cry, seen me cry, hugged me tight, seen me fail, cheered me up, kept me on my toes, and at times driven me crazy, But my son is a promise that I will have a friend forever!”
Unknown
“A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.”
Umberto Eco
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.
Tom Wolfe
“He adopted a role called being a father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a protector.”
Sidney Poitier
“I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.”
Sammy Davis, Jr.
“I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.”
Roger Moore
“My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness, and being on time. All very important lessons.”
Pam Brown
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs.”
Mike Myers
“Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it.”
Mencius
“The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.”
Matthew 6:8 NLT
“[Y]our Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him.”
Linda Poindexter
“When my father didn't hold my hand, he had my back.
Jon Stewart
“Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.”
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